Yury Solomin
Yury Solomin | |
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Юрий Соломин | |
.jpg) Solomin in 2019 | |
| Born | 18 June 1935 |
| Died | 11 January 2024 (aged 88) Moscow, Russia |
| Years active | 1957–2024 |
| Spouse | Olga Nikolaevna Solomina (1931–2019)[1] |
| Children | One daughter |
Yury Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: Ю́рий Мефо́диевич Соло́мин[2]; 18 June 1935 – 11 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988.[3] He previously served as Minister of Culture of the RSFSR from 1990 to 1991.[4][5][6]
Biography
[edit]Solomin studied at the Malyi Theatre School and joined its troupe in 1957. He was acclaimed as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of The Government Inspector (1966), Tsar Feodor in Tsar Feodor Ioannovich (1976), Slavin in TASS Is Authorized to Declare... TV series (1984), Nicholas II in Az Vosdam... (1990), and Famusov in his own production of Woe from Wit (2000). Solomin was cast as a Russian imperial officer in many Soviet movies, including Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala (1975), which won him a Japanese decoration for the outstanding contribution to the world culture (1993).
Solomin served as the Russian Minister of Culture from 1990 to 1992.[7] On 11 March 2014, he signed the appeal of culture of the Russian Federation in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.[8][9] In December 2015, he supported the policy of Putin with respect to Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea.[10]
His younger brother Vitaly Solomin (1941–2002) was also a noted actor.[11]
Yury Solomin died of complications from a stroke on 11 January 2024, at the age of 88.[12]
Honors and awards
[edit]- People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan (1996)
- Honored Worker of Arts of the Republic of Mari El
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1985)
- Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2020)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1988)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1971)
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1971) - for his role of Captain Koltsov in the mini-series The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969)
- Award of the KGB (1984) - for his role as Slavin in the mini-series TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984)
- Award for student work in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Kobe (Japan)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
- 1st class (29 June 2015)
- 2nd class (18 June 2005)
- 3rd class (25 October 1999)
- 4th class (29 May 1995)
- Order of the Academy of Arts of Japan "for contribution to world culture" (No. 199)
- "Golden Aries" award for his outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema (1996)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001)
- International Stanislavsky Theater Award - for his role in the play Famusov Maly, "Woe from Wit" (2001)
- Medal "In Memory of Kazan 1000th anniversary" (2009)
- Award of Kuzbass (2007)
- Commemorative Medal "150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov" (2011)
- 10054 Solomin asteroid number 10054, named in his honor
- Award "Man of the Year 2008" (Russian Biographical Institute)
- Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education (1992)
- Award of the Federal Security Service in the "acting job" for the creation of highly image security personnel in the domestic film industry (2010)
- Order of Honour (2010)
- Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Medal Glory of Chita (No. 1) [14]
- Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Japan, 2011)
Selected filmography
[edit]- A Mother's Heart (1965)
- Strong with Spirit (1967)
- The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969)
- The Red Tent (1969)
- Dauria (1971)
- Dersu Uzala (1975)
- Melodies of a White Night (1976)
- An Ordinary Miracle (1978)
- School Waltz (1978)
- Die Fledermaus (1979)
- Moon Rainbow (1983)
- TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984)
- Sofia Kovalevskaya (1985)
- Anna Karamazoff (1991)
- Dreams of Russia (1992)
- Moscow Saga (2004)
References
[edit]- ^ Умерла жена известного актера (in Russian). Utro.ru. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Biography, the life story of Yuri Solomin
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman Littlefield. pp. 702–703. ISBN 978-1442268425.
- ^ Валентин Родионов — всё о знаменитости
- ^ Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 15 ноября 1991 № 1881-I
- ^ Указ президента РСФСР от 5 декабря 1991 года № 259 «О членах бывшего Совета министров РСФСР» Archived 22 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Novye izvestiya, 4 August 2005 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Постановление ЦИК РФ № 96/767-6, 6 февраля 2012
- ^ Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму Archived 11 March 2014 at archive.today
- ^ Соломин: Крым – наша земля и, отключив свет, Украина подляну сделала. Это полный беспредел!
- ^ "Его превосходительство Юрий Соломин". РИА Новости. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Умер народный артист СССР Юрий Соломин". IZ. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Biography Online kino-teatr.ru
- ^ Actor from Chita is preparing for an anniversary,(in Russian), zabmedia.ru, 16 June 2010. Accessed 11 September 2016.
External links
[edit]
- Yury Solomin at IMDb
- Yury Solomin at AllMovie
- Solomin's page at the Malyi Theatre's website (in Russian)
- 1935 births
- 2024 deaths
- 20th-century Russian male actors
- 21st-century Russian male actors
- People from Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
- Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Full Cavaliers of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
- State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
- Russian male film actors
- Russian male stage actors
- Russian male television actors
- Russian theatre directors
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Soviet male television actors
- Soviet theatre directors
- Recipients of the Golden Mask